On the evening of Friday 11 September, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, welcomed the boarding and inspection of the merchant vessel Royal Diamond 7 by Operation EUNAVFORMEd Irini the previous day, to detect an alleged violation of the UN arms embargo on Libya.
“This successful action shows the value of Operation Iriniin implementing the arms embargo in Libya, in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions”, he...